MySQL Bugs: #76526: Regression bug: Word selection does not work on Mac Yosemite (Shift+Alt+Arrow)

Bug #76526	Regression bug: Word selection does not work on Mac Yosemite (Shift+Alt+Arrow)
Submitted:	30 Mar 2015 9:22	Modified:	23 Sep 2015 17:14
Reporter:	Henry Bevan	Email Updates:
Status:	Closed	Impact on me:	None
Category:	MySQL Workbench: SQL Editor	Severity:	S3 (Non-critical)
Version:	6.2.5.0	OS:	MacOS (Yosemite (10.10.2))
Assigned to:		CPU Architecture:	Any
Tags:	mac, workbench, Yosemite

Description:
When selecting text in the SQL editor, the key combination to select the next/previous word (Shift+Alt+Arrow key, equivalent of Ctrl+Shift+Arrow key on windows) does not select the word, it just selects the next/previous letter.

It may be related to this bug: http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=50085 which appears to indicate the same issue.

How to repeat:
Open up SQL Workbench
Enter some text into the SQL Editor
Try to select the next / previous word with Shift+Alt+Arrow key
It only selects the next / previous letter.

Suggested fix:
This is standard Mac behaviour, so should follow that behaviour

Thank you for the bug report.

Confirmed as broken on 6.3.3 (64bit) with OS X Yosemite 10.10.3.

Posted by developer:
 
Fixed as of the upcoming MySQL Workbench 6.3.5 release, and here's the changelog entry:

On OS X, the Shift + Alt + Arrow combination would select individual
characters instead of whole words.

In addition, this was documented as a regression of MySQL Bug #50085.

Thank you for the bug report.